I posted this earlier today for the first time and then it got deleted. Please do not delete this post because it is a serious issue. I also do not mention any wrestler or coaches name, so please leave it up. This is very important to me.
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I have been reading these boards for a while, and I think it's finally time I bring something up that is going to make some people very unhappy. It is about a coach in Kansas wreslting who knowingly spreads disease to wrestlers from other teams: herpes.

A few years ago, a wrestler from a certain 5A school had open herpes sores on his forehead. The coach then sent this wrestler to the mat with a signed doctors note, even though it was obvious the sores were not completely healed. I dont know how the refs didnt stop it? We all know anyone can find a doctor to sign a note if they look hard enough, and this is exactly what the coach and wrestler did for this meet.

What makes it worse is that this wrestler spread his herpes to members of other teams, at least TWO TEAMS at that one tournament. Most wrestling diseases are treatable, but herpes stays with you for LIFE. Our team member quickly spread it to other team members before he was diagnosed and now at least five former team members have herpes for the rest of there lives. I do not know how many people from the other team got herpes, hopefully it is only one.

THis coach and wrestler were unethical and wrong. I know for a fact that the coach is still coaching his current team. What is worse is that the herpes spreading was not an isolated event. The NEXT YEAR this same wrestler had open sores on his forehead and wrestled in a tournament even though it wasn't safe. (The coach has contacted me and said they were "cuts".) I talked to one of my friends from another town who had to wrestle him and he went so far as to tape his forehead in order to stop the disease from spreading to him. I think people should know that even though the offending wrestler taped his herpes sores, it is NOT ENOUGH to stop the spread of this LIFE LONG disease. I also talked to a girl I know who went to
the school, and she said the wrestler made very little effort to control his herpes.

The reason I bring this up is because I and four of my friends have herpes for the rest of our lives. A week ago I had an outbreak on my face that was under my eyelid. If the herpes had gone into my eye, I would have gone BLIND. No wrestling tournament is important enough to endanger wrestlers for life, like this coach
and wrestler did.

Disease is apart of wrestling, everyone knows that. Infantigo goes around all the time, but herpes is different. To knowingly spread something that will stick with others for LIFE is wrong. For the rest of my life, every time I get nervous or have a test to study for or a situation with a girl, I can count that
herpes will pop up on my forehead sooner or later. I love wrestling and think meets are important, but to that coach I ask is spreading a disease really that important. I say no.

I didn't post my name because I don't want to get
anyone I know in trouble. But after last week I new I couldn't stay silent, because I could have gone blind. This coach needs to learn that this is a serious issue and his actions have hurt people. Thanks. And shower after your done ALWAYS.